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Cytologic appearance of Rhodococcus equi in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens. A case report
1Department of Anatomic Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
Acta Cytologica
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Immunocompromised patients are at risk of developing infections caused by Rhodococcus equi, a gram-positive bacillus that can cause pneumonia in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. To the author's knowledge this is the first report describing the cytologic features of the infection in a patient who had a confirmatory tissue biopsy and positive culture. Infection with R equi may go unrecognized by pathologists unaware of its presentation and appearance in cytologic material.